
Jammu: Two persons was killed while one was missing and suspected to be trapped under heaps of snow as an avalanche struck Gurez area near the Line of Control in Bandipora district of Kashmir. "An avalanche occurred at Badwan Gurez resulting in the death of two persons and one person is still missing", Minister for Revenue Raman Bhalla told the Assembly on Tuesday night while making a statement on cyclonic...

12:39 AM, Mar 21, 2012

Srinagar: One person was killed while two others were trapped under heaps of snow as two avalanches struck Gurez area near the Line of Control in Bandipora district of Kashmir. A civilian vehicle with five persons on board including the driver were caught in the avalanches which struck at around 7 pm last evening on Kanzalwan road in Gurez, 124 km from from Srinagar, a defence spokesman said. He said...

11:11 AM, Mar 20, 2012

Gurez: Nearly 16 Army men lost their lives in the February 22 avalanche in Gurez and Dawar areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Three others were killed when another avalanche occured in Sonamarg the very same day. Heavy snowfall hampered the rescue and retrieval operation. It took the Army 6 days to recover the body of the last missing soldier. ...

10:45 AM, Mar 02, 2012

Kashmir: The search operations are still on in Gurez and Sonmarg after two major avalanches took the lives of 17 jawans. However, two young rescuers made it alive after being trapped under snow for 30 hours. For Syed Akbar and Mohd Rafique, it's almost a new lease of life. The two employees of the Sonemarg Dev Authority, braved it out under a bridge for 24 hours before help came to...

06:38 AM, Feb 25, 2012

Srinagar: Five militants and an Army officer were killed and two jawans injured as troops on Saturday foiled a major infiltration bid near the Line of Control in Gurez sector of Kashmir Valley. A large group of heavily-armed militants was trying to sneak into the Gurez Valley from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir when they were noticed by troops. The militants were challenged by the soldiers, leading to a gunbattle. "Five militants have...

06:11 PM, Aug 20, 2011

Gurezis are members of an Indo-Aryan tribe, with their own language, Sheena. ...

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